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- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Tap into Valuable Alumni Resources
Business Review is available free online, and HBS Working Knowledge, a free weekly online business management publication, is e-mailed to alumni who sign up. We also have access to the extensive resources and services of Baker Library. Finally, the HBS Alumni View Details
- 01 Oct 2021
- News
Marking 10-Year Connection with Japanese Earthquake Region
travel and work. “The JRC found businesses to partner with, and I reached out to CEOs I knew at companies such as Uniqlo (Fast Retailing), Lawson, Yamato Transport, and a hospital chain,” Takeuchi notes. “No one could believe Harvard... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Of Myth and Merlin: T.A. (Tom) Barron's Literary Odyssey
and travels around the world, although writing was still on his mind, Barron enrolled at HBS intending to build a business of his own. After graduation, he took a job with Prospect Group, Inc., a New York City venture-capital firm,... View Details
Keywords: Thomas Frick
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Estonia, Incorporated
he needs to travel to Estonia or attend a session of the UN General Assembly across town. The payoff? A chance to chart the digital future of an entire country. In April, Estonia became the first country in the world to offer e-Residency,... View Details
Keywords: Francis Storrs
- January 2024 (Revised February 2024)
- Course Overview Note
Managing Customers for Growth: Course Overview for Students
By: Eva Ascarza
Managing Customers for Growth (MCG) is a 14-session elective course for second-year MBA students at Harvard Business School. It is designed for business professionals engaged in roles centered on customer-driven growth activities. The course explores the dynamics of... View Details
Keywords: Customer Relationship Management; Decision Making; Analytics and Data Science; Growth Management; Travel Industry; Travel Industry; Travel Industry; Travel Industry; Travel Industry
Ascarza, Eva. "Managing Customers for Growth: Course Overview for Students." Harvard Business School Course Overview Note 524-032, January 2024. (Revised February 2024.)
- Portrait Project
Dan Gertsacov
travels and adventures that I want to pass down to my grandchildren along with Granny's wisdom. I also want to tell them stories of how my vision for the role that business has to play in the world helped make this planet a tiny bit more... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Faculty Learn Firsthand about Chinese Business
Related Links More faculty takeaways on the IXP Read about the Harvard Center Shanghai View upcoming executive programs in China Find HBS Alumni Clubs in China MBA students aren’t the only ones honing their global knowledge by traveling... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Ready for Take-Off
WorldClinic, Inc., a "virtual ER," providing U.S.-quality health-care services to Americans traveling abroad. Cynthia A. Fisher (MBA '90) of ViaCell, Inc., which combines the banking of stem cells from umbilical cord blood with technology... View Details
Keywords: Spingboard
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Just Extraordinary
Life (XOL), plan to join the fun in a special way: Fifteen girls from Washington, D.C., all living in foster care, will travel to South Africa for what XOL hopes will be a life-altering experience. As guests of South Africa’s First... View Details
- 11 Oct 2024
- Blog Post
Committing to Work and Family: Allison Boxer (MBA 2012)
who also had dreams of creating positive social impact through business. When my husband and I moved from New York City to Park City, Utah, we knew we wanted to start a family. I could have stayed with my consulting job, but it would have meant View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 08 Sep 2015
- Blog Post
On the Road: HBS Midwest Tour
the infamous Minnesota lakes. 2. What is one of your travel essentials that you always make sure to pack? I never go anywhere without a book and magazine. I know some people don’t like to eat alone, but I love sitting down at a... View Details
- Student-Profile
Alexandra C. Feldberg
crowd” (or, according to organizational theory, engage in “mimetic isomorphism”). As cliché as it may sound, sometimes the path least traveled is best. Figure out what motivates you and makes you happy. Try as best you... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Job Interviews
if you are seeking a job in an industry or functional area that is new to you — as is true of many recent HBS graduates — you can build a compelling case. “I spend a lot of time convincing students that they have skills that travel well... View Details
- 11 Oct 2024
- Blog Post
Committing to Work and Family: Allison Boxer (MBA 2012)
stayed with my consulting job, but it would have meant traveling a lot to my clients on the coasts. So instead, I joined the Sorenson Impact Institute as the Managing Director and started teaching at the University of Utah, developing the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Alumni Bookshelf
There to Tuck You In by Marty Epstein Sederman (MBA 1992) (Magination Press) In this children’s picture book, Sederman tells the story of a child whose father travels often for work and provides tips on easing the difficulties that... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
The Check Is in the Mail
plan, credit cards, and home mortgages can make the existence of personal credit seem like a relatively recent development. An exhibit at the Baker Library | Bloomberg Center tells the story of how those now-familiar innovations came to be — but it also View Details
- January 2014 (Revised March 2015)
- Technical Note
The Market Power of Platform-Mediated Networks
By: Benjamin Edelman
This note provides criteria to evaluate the power of a platform-mediated network. For a company considering building such a network or an investor considering funding such an effort, this analysis reveals the scope and desirability of the opportunity. Meanwhile, for a... View Details
Keywords: Intermediaries; Platforms; Platform Strategy; Business Model; Agreements and Arrangements; Distribution Channels; Networks; Technology Platform; Travel Industry; Travel Industry; Travel Industry
Edelman, Benjamin. "The Market Power of Platform-Mediated Networks." Harvard Business School Technical Note 914-029, January 2014. (Revised March 2015.) (request a courtesy copy.)
- December 2012
- Case
Blink Booking
By: William R. Kerr, Magnus Thor Torfason and Alexis Brownell
Rebeca Minguela hopes to create an arbitrage platform, similar to Rocket Internet, that can bring start-up ideas and opportunities to Spain. However, Blink Booking, her first venture and proof of concept, is rocked by a co-founder's breach of confidence and departure.... View Details
Keywords: Clones; Cloning; Rocket Internet; Start-up; Equity Split; Arbitrage; Incubator; Mobile App; Expansion; Spain; Europe; Entrepreneurship; Ethics; Internet and the Web; Travel Industry; Travel Industry; Travel Industry; Spain; Europe
Kerr, William R., Magnus Thor Torfason, and Alexis Brownell. "Blink Booking." Harvard Business School Case 813-121, December 2012.
- Portrait Project
Anh M. Nguyen
My mom travels with a frying pan. A fifty-cent yard sale purchase, the pan makes the world's best banh xeo, a Vietnamese dish. To most people, the grease-stained sides and wobbly handle suggest nothing more than an unexceptional piece of... View Details
- 18 May 2015
- News
Changing the conversation on US infrastructure challenges
areas such as public transit, cell phone and Internet service, and efficient rail, air, and highway transportation. Inspired by ideas that emerged during the summit, Kanter traveled throughout the country to gather facts, figures, and... View Details